Temperatures are today expected to rise across Taiwan before a weather front brings rain and thunderstorms tomorrow, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.
Northeasterly seasonal winds weakened today, allowing temperatures in the north and northeast to rebound, the CWA said.
However, moisture remains slightly elevated, and would bring showers to mountainous areas in central and southern Taiwan, as well as the outlying Penghu, Kinmen and Lienchiang (Matsu) counties, it said.
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The agency issued a strong wind advisory from this morning through tomorrow night for Orchid Island (Lanyu, 蘭嶼), Green Island (綠島), Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taoyuan, and Yunlin, Chiayi, Pingtung, Penghu and Lienchiang counties, warning of sustained winds of 41kph to 51kph and gusts up to 63kph to 75kph.
A weather front is expected to approach Taiwan tomorrow, bringing brief showers to areas north of central Taiwan, the southeast and outlying islands, while other regions would experience partly cloudy to sunny skies with a chance of isolated afternoon thunderstorms, the CWA said.
Conditions over the next two days would be relatively stable and increasingly warm during the daytime, independent meteorologist Wu Der-jong (吳德榮) said today.
A frontal system is forecast to arrive on Saturday, bringing localized showers or thunderstorms and cooler temperatures to the north, Wu said.
The front would weaken on Sunday, with rain easing and a slight rise in temperature, though showers could persist in western Taiwan, he said.
Another front is expected to move southward on Tuesday next week, bringing more showers and possible severe weather, before weakening on Wednesday, Wu said.
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